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64 sats \ 0 replies \ @21mmforthe21st OP 8h \ parent \ on: I'm Ella Hough, co-founder of BSN & fellow at Cornell BTPI . AMA! AMA
Wow!! Well the easiest is starting with the university you went to. Clubs are often looking for guest speakers and alumni are great! In terms of Clubs, truly any - everything from the film club (could screen God Bless Bitcoin, for instance) to the cooking club (could talk about fiat's impact outside of money) to policy, business, software clubs, etc. If possible, a great offering is internships or jobs - something skills based. Or, perhaps you could reach out to a local university and find what clubs they have...then, most clubs have their email addresses online. I think it might be hard for your initially meeting to pitch self-custody, given they likely don't know what bitcoin is. Happy to chat more/ be supportive where I can! My twitter is @21mmforthe21st or my email is ella@bitcoinstudentsnetwork.org. Thank you!
Wrote a somewhat-related section on this for my thesis! You might find this paper interesting: https://kaushikbasu.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Binmore_Basu-11a.pdf
May you clarify more what other industries?
Also, I like the framework in the book Resistance Money when the authors talk about money (& language) as a "social kind." In my opinion, companies are not necessarily what I would classify as a "social kind" in the same sense even though they are run by a group of "peers."
Well, we very sadly had to cancel our Layer Zero internship program, which I was really excited and hopeful about. We have a lot of conference partnerships in the works, so I'm glad to be sharing the in-person education in that sense. Also, BSN is working on a "fellowship" type program to help students better foster their local community. I'm also working on the first Bitcoin Adoption study where we are gaining insight into exactly what is supporting/hindering adoption to better inform goals and projects (this will be out May'26). However, internships remain a huge priority for me. I hope that within the next 5 years, we see much more "Bitcoin (& Nostr/ BLEND (h/t Obi Nwosu)) industry recruiting - that students see all there is to contribute to. And to quote Jeff Booth, that we can all be more conscious of & able to "building the world we want to see."
Hmmm good question! It's actually not about bitcoin - it's about what comes after and what bitcoin as a tool can open up for & protect in your life.
Well, it's not quite fair for me to say this because I don't think it's true in heart. However, in practice, it's been really difficult to fundraise for BSN initiatives recently. Companies often don't see the "ROI" of students (& I've been told this), which I wish wasn't the case, because it's the younger generations that are the future. I wish we could in practice/ in action could show more that we really see and care about students.
I'll be honest, the only social media I have is Linkedin and Twitter, and I kind of live under a rock in terms of "Gen Z influencers." Also, I think Bitcoin "clicks" when you hear about it from someone who can speak to your experience in life or who can put all that Bitcoin is into your perspective. In some ways, if people are brought in through influencers, I think it's less sustainable and you're not really understanding all that there is to "Bitcoin." So, maybe, none?
Nostr's a bit different though...because you want to go where your audience is and your audience wants to go where you are. Let's just take Taylor Swift since she has such a big and unique fan base. I wonder if she would only move over to Nostr once the bottom-up roots have been built and she knows her community is there? Or, would she find out about it and take her audience with her? Although would she do that because of less advertising and the risk of losing her community?
Reaching out to your local universities is very helpful! Great way to shared bitcoin education but also career mentoring!
Congratulations! I'm happy to be a resource for him! (Outside of Bitcoin, I've loved being an Admissions Ambassador, so it'd be my pleasure!)
- I would say, I got here and immediately felt "behind." That's natural. Trust what you feel called to pursue and don't feel obliged to follow what everyone else is doing. 2) Don't worry if you haven't met "your people" right away - you likely won't until after fall break. Be the first person to say hi to someone you sit next to in class, see in office hours, or meet in a club meeting. It's how I've met all my closest friends and people are truly very friendly in my experience. (I thought that wouldn't be the case but to share an anecdote, one of my first weeks, someone I met in a club, invited me as their "stranger" to their "stranger dinner." Essentially, a group of people get together to have dinner with people they don't think anyone else knows, and everyone leaves with new connections. That's been my experience the whole 3 years! Very warm community. 3) Talk to and get to know your professors! They are wonderful and want to get to know you.
For me, and my own journey, I think you have to make the cost feel more tangible. For starters, young people are never taught about "what is money?"/ money in general, or often talked to about it. I'd recommend doing what my parents did when I was ~13 and make a spreadsheet of the cost of their future life. We plotted my average salary, taxes, rent, trash bill - everything. Then, assuming I would stop working at age 67, how much would I have left? (assuming save 20% of my salary/year and invest (with conservative estimates)). I could only afford to live to age 79. And, each year, my expenses way exceed my income. They told me when I turned 22 I was on my own (which I interpreted as a sign of confidence in me), so I had to figure it out.
Here's 2 pieces that might be interesting:
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a report on why Bitcoin matters for GenZ (written for wealth managers while I was at Galaxy): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1esiQtvfD1NJDvesii_TfOlT7egEM4Syy?usp=drive_link
Happy to chat more!
Sitting at Nostriga last year, I felt overwhelmingly purple-pill! Actually, the easiest way (since I'm in NY state) to introduce sending sats to club members, is to on-board them to primal and start sending zaps!
I'll also add that I think if people can be presented to information in an un-biased way and really see how bitcoin is a tool for their life, they are likely to "get it." Often, it's just not knowing the right question to ask, so I hope the TEDxTalk will be supportive of their journeys!
Yes! The TEDxCornell team was wonderful.
I have been applying since my sophomore year, but I don't think I was truly ready until this year. There's a few application rounds, and I found out I was accepted in December. From then until April I wrote maybe ~14 drafts (haha!). My speaker curation team was very supportive as I figured out the best way I could to craft the message!
Tough question! Apologies if this is pay-walled, but the conclusion has been rattling around in my head recently. https://academic.oup.com/oep/article-abstract/32/3/353/2360840?redirectedFrom=PDF
In my thesis, I write a lot about language, which I think skews how we interpet and perceive reality. I guess currently I am leaning towards our mind shaping how we see reality, so thath might be "reality conforms to mind."